After jumping out to a commanding 48-17 lead at halftime, the 7th-seeded Jaguars girls basketball team limited Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley to nine second half points in a 77-26 blowout to start the sub-section playoffs. It is their eighth win in a row, tying the school record for consecutive girls basketball wins at B-B-E.
With their win over #10-seed C-G-B, the Jaguars (14-12) now travel to #2 seed Parkers Prairie for quarterfinal action on Thursday, March 3, at 7:00pm. A win that night would send the Jaguars into the sub-section semifinals, and their game would be at 7:30pm this Saturday (Mar. 5) at the University of Minnesota-Morris P.E. Center on Jim Gremmels Court.
The sub-section championship is next Tuesday at 8pm back at UMM.
The Panthers are the #2 seed, with a 22-3 overall record. Since starting the season 18-0, the Panthers have gone 4-3 in the final seven games of their regular season. They are the defending sub-section and Section 6A champions, bringing back a core group of players from a team that took third place in last year's Class A state tournament.
Ashley Kirckof's three pointer made it 38-12 with just over three minutes left in the first half in tonight's playoff opening win.
Starter introduction prior to tip off tonight...
Jaguars go up 65-23 with 10:45 left in the game...
Sub-Section 6A-South girls basketball playoff opener results:
Brandon/Evansville 23, Ashby 14 (crazy)
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 59, Henning 45
Area boys basketball scores on Feb. 28:
CMCS 56, K-M-S 49
Redwood Valley 86, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 84
Minnesota Transition Charter 73, Springfield 63
NL-S 68, Foley 49
Montevideo 75, Lac qui Parle Valley 50
Don't forget, you can view photo albums of recent B-B-E Jaguar varsity action at the Sauk Centre Herald website. The link is http://saukherald.mycapture.com. An album with photos from tonight's girls basketball win will be added early Tuesday morning.
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